Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

"Quirrell...it turned out to be him."

"You know him?" Haldane asked.

"Yes, he is a senior who is three years ahead of me. He is in the same college as me. He is very smart and was very famous when he was in school." Murphy said.

Even before he left school, Quirrell had become a professor at Hogwarts, but he taught Muggle Studies, which Murphy hadn't taken since his third year, so he hadn't had much experience with it. intersection.

Having said that, there is still more than a year until 1991, when Harry Potter will go to school.

Poor Senior Quirrell didn't have long to live.

…

Speaking of time, Christmas is coming again.

This Christmas, velvet velvet has suddenly become the most popular gift in the institute.

In just a few days, almost every researcher in the institute had a velvet pet.

Murphy also received various kinds of velvet velvet from more than a dozen female researchers. He had to buy a glass landscaping box with a traceless stretching spell to house them, and entrusted Laura Kruger to help take care of it.

This seemed to arouse the dissatisfaction of the female assistant, saying something like "I am your work assistant, not your life assistant", but in the end she reluctantly took over after Murphy gave her a salary increase.

On the other side, the chip research team has made rapid progress since the wizard joined it, and the five-fold lithography technology has basically been adopted.

Before New Year's Day, they used five-fold photolithography technology to produce a chip sample with a 0.3-micron process, which made Murphy really happy for a few days.

However, the ultra-large lithography machines required for five times the lithography technology are still being manufactured, and more advanced instruction sets and circuit designs have not yet been completed, so the money burning will continue.

At the same time, another problem also emerged.

"You mean photoresist is too expensive?"

In the chip research group, Derek Preston talked incessantly in front of Murphy for more than ten minutes before he was finally interrupted by the latter.

"No, the photoresist itself is not too expensive for the value of the chip, but when we make the chip, we use the method of enlarging the wafer. When the wafer size is enlarged five times, its area is expanded by a full 25 times! Photolithography During the process, the amount of photoresist used to protect the parts that do not need to be etched or mark the etched parts will also increase by 25 times.”

"In this way, the cost spread out per chip will be too high!"

Photoresist is a consumable product that often requires several times of glue application and cleaning during the chip manufacturing process. Without improvement in the manufacturing process, the larger the wafer area, the more photoresist will naturally be used.

Generally speaking, the cost of photoresist accounts for about one-tenth of the chip manufacturing cost. If it increases twenty-five times, the cost of the chip will not be affordable at all.

Just the progress from 1 micron to 0.3 micron process is not enough for him to sell the chip price at a premium of more than 20 times.

That's far beyond what the market can bear, and no one will buy such an expensive chip.

In other words, it is useless to just manufacture a chip; it must also be manufactured in a cost-effective and high-quality way.

"Do you have any ideas?" Murphy asked.

"We have several ideas and we are developing new photoresists, but in terms of material chemistry, we do not have enough technical strength..."

Murphy put his hand on his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll continue to recruit people."

Chip development is really laborious. Problems arise one after another, and there are always new difficulties waiting ahead. This is an countless time that we have encountered new problems.

Murphy has no other choice but to continue to expand the scale of research and development, recruit more people, absorb more talents, and invest more money.

…

"I'm so pure and innocent..."

At Patrick's lakeside villa, Murphy suddenly let out a long sigh and didn't have much confidence in his own decision to develop chips.

"This industry is like this. The technical barriers are very high. Starting from scratch is a bottomless pit." Patrick also said, "Why, do you regret it?"

Regret, not that much.

After all, Murphy is not afraid of losing money.

He established the umbrella not to make money in the first place, but even if it was a total loss, he would...

hiss……

I feel so sad.

Damn it, I really feel so distressed.

Even though Murphy has basically never used Muggle money to enjoy his life, and the only time he drove a luxury car to pick up girls was before the umbrella was established, but who can have too much money?

Seeing the numbers on the account rising little by little and then disappearing, Murphy's teeth were about to break, okay?

However, the money that should be spent still has to be spent. If he doesn’t do the Great Leap Forward in Technology, no one can do it for him.

However, the waiting process was too painful.

"If you regret it, why don't you give me my pension first..." Patrick said.

"..."

"You're a bad old man who wants to retire now?" Murphy said angrily, "I lost all my money, and you have to move bricks!"

"I have a wife and children, don't drag me into this."

Not long ago, his partner just had a son, and Murphy came to express his congratulations.

"Don't tell me. I think your boy has a good physique and will be a good material for moving bricks in the future."

"Get out!"

After a few jokes with each other, Murphy felt much better, "Forget it, it's just money, just find a way to make it."

…

"What company?!" A few days later, at a dinner party at Patrick's house, the latter looked at Murphy in astonishment, not even noticing that the steak on his fork fell on the table.

"Media." Murphy said.

"You want to make a newspaper?"

"No, it's mainly things like movies. Newspapers are too slow, and movies are harvested faster."

"Why?" Patrick couldn't keep up with the train of thought. "Although products such as movies can occasionally make money, many of them lose money. Two or three months ago, Columbia Pictures was acquired by Sony. That's Columbia! The leading movie in the United States. Enterprise! Why can we make money?"

"How should I put it..." Murphy thought for a while and said, "Because... I know movies."

Murphy knows a lot about Hammer movies, but he really knows what the big movies will be in the future. He has basically seen all the top 50 movies and TV shows at the box office.

This is a way he recently thought of to make money.

There are not many potions with commercial value, so he can only look for opportunities in the original industries of Muggle society. The most profitable technology industry in the future is now a bottomless pit. He does not have much advantage in the remaining traditional industries, but from the future However, he is very familiar with literary and artistic works that have been verified by the market.

Moreover, compared to other industries, the investment in the media does not require much, but as long as you find the right way, the return rate is very impressive.

More importantly, the monetization efficiency is relatively high. Real estate speculation still has to wait for the popularity. All you need to do is find the right subject, make a movie, and wait for the money to be collected.

However, special effects blockbusters cannot be touched for the time being. Firstly, the investment is too much, and secondly, the cycle is too long. Moreover, the current visual effects technology is not enough, and it will look fake.

But there are also many movies that do not require high visual effects technology but have good box office, such as some American comedies, some animated movies, etc.

Although Murphy only remembers the general plot and breaking points, and is basically not very impressed with the details, it is not difficult to find some screenwriters to fill in the gaps. As a producer, he can grasp the overall direction, even if it does not meet the standards of the original film. The standard is 80 to 90%, which is enough to sell for money.

If a movie earns him 100 or 200 million, if he makes seven or eight movies, he can continue to make chips.

The cost of plagiarism is really very low, which is why many protagonists in rebirth novels want to copy literary and artistic works as their main business in the current period.

"Don't worry, I have a plan." Murphy said.

"..."

Patrick looked at the confident Murphy for a while, and suddenly felt that he should seriously consider selling his shares.